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Ideas Having Sex

Chris Kaufman

Conversations on social science, philosophy, and politics.

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22. Michael Huemer - Is Political Authority an Illusion?

Ideas Having Sex ·

2023/01/02

Michael Huemer makes the case that governments have no legitimate authority.Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter.Today’s book: Is Political Authority an Illusion? (Little Debates about Big Questions)Michael Huemer’s recommendation: The Problem of Political AuthorityOther books by HuemerMike’s web presence: Fake Noûs Blog, Personal Website, University WebsiteOther discussed books: The Property Species: Mine, Yours, and the Human Mind by Bart J. Wilson, and The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of

00:58:07

21. Paul Sherman - Freedom of Speech

Ideas Having Sex ·

2022/12/19

Paul Sherman explains how occupational licensing often violates the First Amendment.Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter.Today’s article: Occupational Speech and the First Amendment by Paul Sherman, as well as Paul’s recommendation: Professional Speech and the First Amendment by Rodney SmollaThe Institute for JusticeLiberty and Law articlesShort Circuit NewsletterFollow @PaulMSherman on Twitter.Topics: First Amendment, freedom of speech, free expression, law, supreme court, Edward Snowden, Fourth

01:04:22

20. Chris Coyne - In Search of Monsters to Destroy

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2022/12/05

Chris Coyne lays out a powerful critique of American foreign policy.Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitter.Today’s book: In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to PeaceChris Coyne’s twitter and website.Chris Coyne’s recommendations: Political Capitalism: How Economic and Political Power Is Made and Maintained, by Randall G. Holcombe; Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government, by Robert Higgs; books by Andrew J. Bacevich, as well as

01:03:29

19. Matt Ridley - How Innovation Works

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2022/11/21

Matt Ridley describes the processes and preconditions of innovation. Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitter.Today’s book: How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom.More books by Matt.Matt’s twitter and website.Matt’s recommendations: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, and The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous Matt’s Ted Talk: When Ideas Have Sex.

18. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita - The Invention of Power

Ideas Having Sex ·

2022/11/07

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita presents a novel explanation for western exceptionalism.Today's book: The Invention of Power: Popes Kings, and the Birth of the WestFollow @IdeasHavingSexx on twitterOther works by BruceContact Bruce: bruce.buenodemesquita@nyu.eduBruce’s recommended reading: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, by Max Weber, and The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous, by Joseph HenrichEconomic growth,